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ELIZABETH, N.J. — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy faces two counts of murder in the Christmas night slayings of two Newark children.Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray announced the arrest Tuesday afternoon.She says the juvenile is also charged with attempted murder of a third shooting victim and weapons charges. He's being held in a youth detention facility.The juvenile was apprehended in connection with the fatal shootings of a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy outside a home in the southern end of Newark near Interstate 78.